Introduction According to the wavefront-phenomenon myocardial infarction scar should have a larger extent on the subendocardial than the subepicardial surface. This is important for differentiating ischemic from nonischemic lesions in late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) images. In hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy septal ablation (TASH) with injection of microparticles instead of ethanol re...

Intralesional 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and triamcinolone acetonide (TAC) injection is effective for the treatment of hypertrophic scar. The side effects current that recommended 45 mg/ml (high-dose) 5-FU have been reported. However, no previous study has investigated efficacy safety low-dose (2.5 mg/ml) with 4 TAC or medium-dose (10 Herein, a retrospective comparative was conducted. records 70 pat...

Results: All flaps healed well by secondary intention, and the results were gauged at least satisfactory by the patients and surgeons. In 4 patients there were minor aesthetic concerns: in 1 patient the underlying cartilage graft was prominent and a minor revision was undertaken, 1 patient had effacement of the nasofacial sulcus, 1 patient developed a hypertrophic scar, and 1 patient developed ...

JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE JANUARY, VOL 9, NO 1, 2000 Most wound healing is well controlled, but over-abundant deposition of collagen may result in hypertrophic or keloid scarring.1 These scars are raised, hard, lumpy and erythematous, and pruritis is invariably a distressing symptom.2 The prime clinical feature distinguishing keloid from hypertrophic scarring is that keloid scar tissue progressivel...

Burn injury outcome has improved significantly in recent years in relation to survival and patient rehabilitation. However, scarring and its accompanying aesthetic and functional sequelae still remain a major problem. The burn injury is characterized by unique differences in the nature of tissue trauma, the pathophysiologic response to that trauma and the molecular events that impact on the evo...

Figure 1. Preoperative photograph of the patient with tracheostomy scar.

Hypertrophic scars and keloids following aesthetic surgery, which ignite patient dissatisfaction, are difficult to handle. Intralesional cryosurgery for the treatment of such scars has been introduced. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of this technology in the treatment of such scars and to assess the reduction of dissatisfaction. Eleven scars (on 11 patients) were treated by in...

Dyspigmentation in burn scars can contribute to the development of psychosocial complications after injury and can be detrimental to social reintegration and quality of life for burn survivors. Although treatments for skin lightening to treat hyperpigmentation have been well reviewed in the literature, skin-darkening strategies to treat hypopigmentation have not. The following potential treatme...